@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {10004},
      author = {Saal, Hannes P. and Harvey, Michael A. and Bensmaia,  Sliman J.},
      title = {Rate and timing of cortical responses driven by separate  sensory channels},
      journal = {eLife},
      address = {2015-12-09},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {The sense of touch comprises multiple sensory channels  that each conveys characteristic signals during  interactions with objects. These neural signals must then  be integrated in such a way that behaviorally relevant  information about the objects is preserved. To understand  the process of integration, we implement a simple  computational model that describes how the responses of  neurons in somatosensory cortex—recorded from awake,  behaving monkeys—are shaped by the peripheral input,  reconstructed using simulations of neuronal populations  that reproduce natural spiking responses in the nerve with  millisecond precision. First, we find that the strength of  cortical responses is driven by one population of nerve  fibers (rapidly adapting) whereas the timing of cortical  responses is shaped by the other (Pacinian). Second, we  show that input from these sensory channels is integrated  in an optimal fashion that exploits the disparate response  behaviors of different fiber types.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/10004},
}